Chapter 273: Chapter 237 Tianyuan Defense System (3K)

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Tianyuan Territory, City Lord’s Mansion.

The moon was up, but it was veiled by a faint, lingering red hue.

The roars of monsters outside the territory in the dead of night were increasing day by day.

“We must start preparing as soon as possible.”

“Preparations to withstand the monster tide.”

“Additionally, during this Dragon Court dispute, it seems like the Lord of Luo Fu Mountain has provided some cover for me, but…”

But it was only a matter of time before the Tianyuan Territory was exposed.

As long as the territory continued to grow stronger, they inevitably had to face enemies from deep within the wilderness, as well as from rival countries.

It’s just that Mr. Mu attracted too much attention, which would speed up this process.

Therefore, he had to make preparations in advance, planning for the worst­case scenario.

Mu Yuan projected the list onto the wall.

It was the exchange list of the Tai Xuan Covenant. During this Dragon Court dispute, he had brought glory to the Tai Xuan, and apart from 50 recruitment slots in the Dragon Court, he also earned a large amount of Tai Xuan Contribution Points.

Back then, the Jiuxuan Cultivation Liquid that Lord Shepherd had coveted so much only had an exchange price of a mere 1,000 points.

He decided to splurge and exchange for two more vials.

However, since he was already a third-order war general level expert, the Jiuxuan Cultivation Liquid wouldn’t be of much use. It could only continue to solidify his foundation. Who knows, there might be some additional gains?

It wasn’t particularly expensive.

He had the money to throw around.

Mu Yuan was mainly interested in two types of treasures – ones that could strengthen the territory’s defenses, and those that could make money.

The former was self-explanatory.

As for the latter, after all, he needed to keep buying Soul Remnants. Although money does not equate to Soul Remnants, without money, you definitely cannot buy Soul Remnants.

Exchanging precious Contribution Points for Soul Crystals was the most foolish choice.

He had made such an exchange before.

But back then, he had no choice, as he urgently needed Soul Crystals. Now, he definitely couldn’t make that exchange again.

“Either I exchange for precious treasures and sell them to other lords to get a large amount of Soul Crystals, or… I just exchange for the money tree that can constantly make money.”

Mu Yuan exchanged for a few Miracle Blueprints of the Golden Fertile Soil and some rare crop seeds.

However, the blueprint for the Fountain of Life was shown as “out of stock”, indicating that this building must be quite rare.

“The Guang Yuan Business Association recently obtained the approval to sell potions. They can rent a shop in Shiling Town to sell potions. According to market research, Vitality Potions without side effects always sell well. So…” “Building Upgrading Stone”

“Tier: Excellent”

“Description: Can be used to upgrade the tier of Miracle Buildings other than troop buildings, up to Excellent Level.”

Using this Level-Up Stone could upgrade the Fountain of Life to Excellent Tier, significantly improving its yield and the quality of its output. The upgraded spring might have a small chance of producing drops of Life Water.

Mu Yuan did the calculations and came to the conclusion: Upgrading the Fountain of Life was worth it.

He also set aside some treasures that could be quickly sold for large amounts of Soul Crystals.

On hold for now.

Compared to wealth, enhancing the defensive capability of the territory was currently the top priority.

Mu Yuan invited Isloa over for a consultation.

“You’ve already selected the permanent wall blueprint of Rare Rank, Lord. Yes, that’s enough. It’s not worth it to exchange for Excellent Rank,” she said.

After all, the permanent blueprint was too expensive.

The initial intent of building the wall was merely to block a large number of ordinary monsters.

The Rare Rank ‘Black Rock City Wall’ would suffice. If powerful monsters appeared, they could be handed over to his powerful generals for targeted extermination.

He had more than enough high-ranking officers here to kill big enemies.

Continuing, Isloa said, “Based on your budget, we can probably exchange for three to four defensive buildings of Excellent Tier and their corresponding construction materials. My suggestion is to prioritise single-target damage, preferably with weakening and control abilities.”

“As for group damage, we have Duo Lai and the Magic Furnace. We don’t currently lack those.”

Lord Shepherd understood the reasoning, he invited Isloa over mainly as a means of brainstorming together while they browsed through the dazzling exchange list.

At present, the most powerful weapon in the territory was indeed the ‘Nine­headed Roaring Thunder Flame Dragon’.

Although this large-scale magic spell had the same name, it had already become the ‘Thunder Flame Dragon V3.01’. Its destructive power and coverage area far exceeded the initial version.

Not because the magic formula had improved.

Just that the person who had imprinted with the magic was now countless times stronger than before.

The person in question was General Duo Lai ■ Magic Power Supply.

The current third-level Magic Furnace was storing a new version of ‘Myriad Verdant Ivy Formations’ and a total of three ‘Nine-headed Roaring Thunder Flame Dragons’ – one large and two small. The large one took up 10 storage slots, while the small ones took up 5 slots each.

Moreover, on Mu Yuan’s suggestion, General Duo Lai entered an ‘Overlimit Swallowing¹ state when casting the large Thunder Flame Dragon spell, which involved condensing thunder and fire. Just for this one spell, Duo Lai and Isloa busied themselves for three full days and nights.

They only completed it last night.

Even Mr. Mu could not imagine its might. But there was also a drawback, as the excessively violent energy could not be finely controlled, so it couldn’t be used either within the territory or nearby.

It needed to be cast farther away.

To make up for the shortcomings of the large-scale magic, Mu Yuan and Isloa spent half the night selecting two defensive buildings.

“Tower of Death (Excellent)”

“Description ®: Can gather undead energy and project a beam of undead light. Those hit by the light of death will not only suffer ordinary energy damage, but will also be tormented by the loss of life, sluggishness, weakness, and blindness.”

“Description ®: It is recommended to build the Tower of Death in a region rich in undead energy. At the same time, this defensive building can absorb the undead energy of the surrounding world to enhance the lethality of the death light.”

“Description ®: The output of the Tower of Death has ordinary levels one, two, and three, and non-ordinary levels four and five that require external assistance.”

This building was most suitable for construction in the Skeleton Cemetery.

Their shooting range is sufficient to cover more than half of the Tianyuan Territory.

The second defensive building is called ‘Ice Crystal Tower’, and its ability is similar to the Tower of Death. Its lethality is slightly weaker than the former, but it has the ability to lock onto enemies at a distance.

The two excellent buildings, along with the participation of several generals of the territory, roughly constructed the defense system of the Tianyuan Territory.

The third excellent building that Mu Yuan selected is not a defensive building, but a special building called ‘Magic Celestial Instrument’.

Later, Isloa purchased a batch of array bases and tools, preparing to set up more defensive enchantments, detection enchantments, and concealment enchantments within the territory.

Secret Realm: Elf Garden.

Mu Yuan once again sought help from The Lord of Han Yue City to purchase goods on his behalf.

“After all, contribution points cannot be traded, and it is not easy to exchange such a large amount of treasures, you understand, right, Boss Han Yue?”

Understood.

But it’s annoying!

She is the Lord of Han Yue City! How many times has she made purchases on behalf of Tianyuan? However, upon second thought, it was her who recommended Tianyuan for the Dragon Courtyard conflict. The issue of contribution point exchange still originates from her, right?

Oh well, indeed only Lady Han Yue is capable of exchanging a great amount of treasures for Tianyuan.

“Let me see… well, the several miracle buildings you have selected are quite useful, not bad, I actually thought you would select…”

She was intending to say evolved objects, high-order soul remnants, and a place in the Dragon Courtyard. But remembering that Tianyuan doesn’t need these, she promptly changed her words.

“I actually thought you would pick a second or third -order trooper-building. But for you at the moment, defensive buildings are indeed more important. The ‘Magic Celestial Instrument’ is also good; as long as you cleverly set the Magic Ripple, you will be able to detect enemies from a distance. With the aid of defensive buildings, precise extermination of powerful enemies can be accomplished.”

Mu Yuan nodded.

With this Magic Celestial Instrument, like the previous A-grade explorer Victor, they would probably be detected before they even step into the territory.

However, his choice of this building has a deeper reason.

The Magic Celestial Instrument and Magic Furnace are both components of a certain epic building. Now, only the ‘Magic Axis’ is missing.

Two days later,

Watching the Lord of Han Yue City, who seemed annoyed but acted swiftly, she brought him the purchased goods.

“Here you are, check it out. If there’s no problem then sign here.”

“Also this, this is an extra tool given to you from above. But unless you are in a dire situation, it’s best not to use it. This kind of thing is very scarce too, when you’re powerful enough and don’t need it anymore, remember to return it. It can be exchanged for contribution points.”

It’s a white jade-like tool, already with two thin cracks on it.

‘Jade Inscription ■ Divine General’

‘Instructions: Can summon a Divine General with legendary combat power to fight under your command. The Divine General can last a maximum of three hours.’

‘Note: The remaining usage of this tool is (1/3).’

Mu Yuan stared at it for a while before quietly tucking it away, “Yes.”

The next day, rumbling noises.

In the Skeleton Cemetery, a black tower twenty or thirty meters high stands in the middle of the pile of tombstones. Surrounding it is the black fog, constantly lingering around the Tower of Death.

At the top of the tower, a black hexahedral crystal rotates slowly.

“Since the Tower of Death was built, the undead energy in the world has thickened about 0.03%, and it is still rising.”

Dead Bone contemplated.

Mu Yuan eyed this excellent building, perfectly blended with the environment, an unimpressive sight, “Probably the Tower of Death has accelerated the cycle of undead energy. In fact, the Skeleton Cemetery is also slowly expanding, only it’s not obvious.”

“If more undead system buildings can be built here, probably, the expansion speed of the cemetery can be increased, or even transform it.”

The Frost Giant Dragon Sario was looking at the Tower of Death, not looking particularly big in its eyes.

The huge pupils showed even greater confusion.

“Can this tiny thing really kill powerful enemies?”

Mu Yuan gave it a glance, “Why don’t we try it.”

Defensive buildings need to be tested so that they won’t fail at a crucial moment.

An invincible Frost Giant Dragon naturally wouldn’t fear such a small challenge.

“Let’s fight!”

It hovered dozens of meters high in the air.

Soon, a ghostly light flashed on the Tower of Death, and a black beam hit the Frost Giant Dragon directly.

That was fast.

But the Frost Giant Dragon was unscathed.

The Dragon Soul and Dragon Armor provided it with a strong defense.

“How can this small tower hurt me.”

“Then, let’s try the second and third stage of energy output.”

Mu Yuan spoke.

Dead Bone took control.

Soon, a ghostly light several times darker flashed on the Tower of Death, and an exceptionally concentrated beam of death shot out.

Simultaneously without any pause, a third, even darker ghostlight was pierced out.

In an instant, a giant gap was blasted open on the Frost Giant Dragon’s wing, and countless black particles were dissipating.

It dropped from mid-air with a thud.

After a while, it reacted with a baffled…

“Ah?”

It was knocked down like that? What just happened!